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Just for the sake of

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:03:03 +0000

In reply to Shakespeare's Tempest Banned in Arizona Schools

Just for the sake of journalistic honesty here, the right wing did not ban the Tempest. The Tucson school district removed the Tempest from its curriculum to come into compliance with a right-wing law prohibiting "ethnic studies." I doubt that any right-winger would see the Tempest as an ethnic studies work, and in fact, I suspect that someone in the Tucson school district included it to make a politcal point.

That's not to say that the law itself is not an abomination.

and the Welsh! Ni fydd y

Elusive Trope — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:52:43 +0000

In reply to They should really be banning

and the Welsh!

Ni fydd y Gymraeg yn angof!

They should really be banning

Verified Atheist — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:23:54 +0000

In reply to I'm still not quite sure how

They should really be banning all books. Does Europe also have multiple ethnicities? German, British, Spanish, French…? Heck, even "British" is itself multi-ethnic: English, Scottish, Irish…

You only think you're joking.

Doctor Cleveland — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:06:25 +0000

In reply to Plato will be next. I mean we

You only think you're joking. You've clearly never had a student call one of Plato's major philosophical dialogues "propaganda for homosexuality."

Wish I could say the same.

Plato will be next. I mean we

Richard Day — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:54:55 +0000

In reply to Shakespeare's Tempest Banned in Arizona Schools

Plato will be next.

I mean we have to ban that guy who is Greek to me and most folks.

I mean he had the audacity to say that there was a thriving civilization 9,000 years before his time. Now if you add 2400 years to that figure and then deduce that that civilization might have taken 5,000 years to get going, well...

I mean the earth was created in 4,000 BC for chrissakes or for the sake of Genesis!

The only thing that might save Plato's ass is the fact that most right wing Evangelicals think Plato was that dog in Disney cartoons!

If the ban is successful,

moat — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:38:34 +0000

In reply to Shakespeare's Tempest Banned in Arizona Schools

If the ban is successful, maybe Arizona will have a generation of people that are regularly stopped by the police on the basis of their appearance who have no idea who it is they are supposed to resemble.

Or fly around on their

Michael Maiello — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:14:05 +0000

In reply to Now, warlocks on the other

Or fly around on their Mansticks.

I wonder if they're banning

Donal — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:09:30 +0000

In reply to Shakespeare's Tempest Banned in Arizona Schools

I wonder if they're banning Bad Day at Black Rock and The Admirable Crichton?

Now, warlocks on the other

Elusive Trope — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:17:16 +0000

In reply to Wizards. No good ever comes

Now, warlocks on the other hand, have done a good job of blending in and accepting the dominant culture. You don't see them asking for warlock studies or national warlock days where they can fly their warlock flags.

Wizards. No good ever comes

Michael Maiello — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:10:16 +0000

In reply to Shakespeare's Tempest Banned in Arizona Schools

Wizards. No good ever comes of 'em.